The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish a set of new two national monuments in fire-plagued California days before he's set to exit the White House, according to U.S. officials.

U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites -- a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano -- as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.